AND SPEAKING OF HALL OF FAME PITCHERS: Milwaukee Braves legend Warren Spahn, baseball's all-time winningest left-handed pitcher, died yesterday at the age of 84. I saw Spahn at the Hall of Fame inductions in 2001 and he didn't look to be in the best of health; but I give him credit for hanging on for another two and a half years.
And also passing away in the last week was Eloise Pohlad, wife of Twins owner Carl, who died at the age of 86. While I've never had many nice things to say about her husband, Eloise was by all accounts a wonderful matriarch for the franchise. And I'll never forget the sight of her and her husband embracing, in their living room, as they watched the Twins clinch the 1987 AL West championship.